well this is 1 question in a interview from JANUARY 2002 ISSUE OF PSW in the uk with Dave Doak (Managing Director) on Timesplitters 2.
Q.Was online gaming ever considered,to avoid the legal threat from gamers receiving injuries from carrying televisions round to friends houses.
A."Theres a huge community of people who play games online, but they\'ve spent time making sure everything,s set up right for them to do it ,and it\'s a particularly techie thing, not for the mainstream that play console games", says Doak. "Theres always a very vocal part of the user base that says they want online play, but for all the people, would you like us to spend 20 percent of our effort making online part really good, when only five percent of the people are going to use it?"
and i dont know where IGN got spring from because the game has always been slated for release in august 2002